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Method of indexing last pitching shots in a video of a baseball game

a baseball game and video recording technology, applied in the field of indexing video recordings of baseball games, can solve the problem that watching an entire televised baseball game can take several hours, and achieve the effect of quick positioning and viewing

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-06-12
MAVS LAB
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[0008]It is an advantage of the claimed invention that the indexing method allows users to quickly locate and view the final pitches thrown to each batter, allowing highlights to be compiled easily.

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Watching an entire televised baseball game can take several hours, and only a fraction of that time has any exciting action taking place in the game.

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[0018]A video clip of a baseball game is made up of a large number of video frames. For convenience, the video can be divided into a collection of video shots. The focus of this invention is on pitching shots. Each time the pitcher pitches the ball to the batter, a pitching shot is recorded. Because the most exciting highlights invariably occur during the last pitching shot for a batter, this invention aims to create an index of the last pitching shots for all batters in the video of the baseball game.

[0019]Please refer to FIG. 1. FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a preferred embodiment of a method of indexing final pitching shots for each batter shown in a video recording of a baseball game. The steps of the indexing method are described as follows:

[0020]Step 10: Perform edge testing on a baseball video clip to detect pitching frames.

[0021]Step 20: Finding candidates pitching shots which contain detected pitching frames.

[0022]Step 30: Perform a self-validation process to verify that the pit...

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Abstract

A method of indexing final pitching shots for each batter in a video recording of a baseball game is disclosed. The method includes locating pitching video frames in the video, identifying individual pitching shots contained in the video, determining which of the pitching shots is a final pitching shot for each batter in the baseball game, and creating an index of the final pitching shots.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to indexing video recordings of baseball, and more specifically, to a method of indexing last pitching shots in a baseball game video recording.[0003]2. Description of the Prior Art[0004]Watching an entire televised baseball game can take several hours, and only a fraction of that time has any exciting action taking place in the game. A lot of time is spent on commercials, waiting for a batter to come up to bat, waiting for the pitcher to pitch the ball, etc. Most highlights of the game occur when the pitcher throws a final pitch to batters. With the last pitch, the batter can be struck out, fielded out, walked, or the batter may get a hit.[0005]With video recording technology becoming more prevalent and more powerful in recent times, a way to quickly index different parts of baseball games for generating highlights is greatly desired. In this way, exciting parts of the baseball games can ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F19/00
CPCG06K9/00718G11B27/28G11B27/034G06V20/41
Inventor LEE, SHIH-HUNGYEH, CHIA-HUNGSHIH, HSUAN-HUEIKUO, CHUNG-CHIEH
Owner MAVS LAB
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